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  1. This castle built by Randulph de Blundeville, the Earl of Lincoln, became the home of the powerful John of Gaunt in the 14th century and was the birthplace of his son, Henry Bolingbroke, who later became King Henry IV.

  2. Bolingbroke Castle was one of three castles built by Ranulf de Blundeville, Earl of Chester and Lincoln, in the 1220s after his return from the Crusades (the others being Beeston Castle, Cheshire, and Chartley, Staffordshire).

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  4. The monument includes the remains of Bolingbroke Castle, built in the early 13th century by Randulph de Blundevil, Earl of Chester and Lincoln. In the late 13th and early 14th centuries it served as an administrative centre for the extensive estates of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, before passing by marriage in 1311 to the house of Lancaster.

  5. Bolingbroke Castle was built in about 1220 by Randulph de Blundeville who was the Earl of Chester and Lincoln. We think that there may have been an earlier motte and bailey castle on Dewy Hill to the north of the village. The new Bolingbroke Castle was one of the first to be built without an inner keep.

  6. May 29, 2018 · The buildings that once crowded together inside the castle have long-since disappeared. Bolingbroke Castle was founded in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blundeville, Earl of Chester and Lincoln and through marriage it ended up in the ownership of the House of Lancaster.

  7. Bolingbroke Castle was built circa 1220 by Ranulph de Blundeville following his return from the Crusades. Bolingbroke Castle was one of three castles built by de Blundeville across his various holdings in England.

  8. Bolinbroke Castle was built by the powerful Norman baron, Ranulf de Blundeville, Earl of Lincoln and Chester, following his return from the fifth crusade in 1220. The castle was constructed during 1220-1230 in the same design as two of Ranulf’s other castles, one being in Beeston, Cheshire and the other in Chartley, Staffordshire.

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